One Family

Lobbying Organisation One Family

Date published 21 Sep, 2024

Relevant Matter Matters involving public funds

Public Policy Area Budgetary matters

Period 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024

Specific Details To inform the Labour Party of One Family key priorities ahead of Budget 2025

Intended results To outline key priorities ahead of Budget25 to the Labour Party - in relation to Budget choices and the impact on one-parent families. To provide recommendations on how to address income inadequacy, measures needed to reduce and eliminate child poverty, energy poverty and in-work poverty, improve access/affordability for early years services and afterschool care, and prevention of homelessness and housing insecurity.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Carly Bailey and Karen Kiernan

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) Yes

Current or Former Designated Public Official(s)

Carly Bailey (Former DPO) Councillor (South Dublin County Council)

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (1)

Karen Kiernan emailed Labour Party leader to request a meeting to discuss One Family priorities for Budget 2025.

Meeting (1)

Carly Bailey met with Labour Party Political Director in Leinster House to discuss One Family Priorities for Budget 2025.

Email (2-5)

The Labour Party Political Director emailed to clarify some information within the One Family Pre-Budget Submission summary and these questions were responded to by both Karen Kiernan (1) and Carly Bailey (2).

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Ivana Bacik TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)